File Compression and Department of Homeland Security

Business Challenge

Black & Veatch needed to have their Homeland Security-related documents converted to PDF and compressed in order to store them on a database. The documents contained time-critical information that needed to be quickly viewed and accessed by members of the US Department of Homeland Security.

Solution

Black & Veatch licensed CVISION's PdfCompressor with OCR to better manage their documents. The software allowed them to convert all of their documents into PDFs and compress them at ratios equal to or higher than 10x.

Results

With PdfCompressor, Black & Veatch were able to convert and present all of their documents in a universal and standardized format. The compression allowed them to reduce file sizes at compression ratios 10x or higher, allowing for easier storage in databases and faster transmission to clients. CVISION helped Black & Veatch to meet their deadlines, as well as save time and money through faster document transmission.

Benefits

Objective

Benefits Achieved

Convert documents to PDF.

PdfCompressor successfully converted all documents into PDF files.

Reduce document size for more efficient management.

Compressed documents were nine to ten times smaller than original size, allowing for quicker access to and retrieval of documents.

Acquire software that can handle complex content of documents.

PdfCompressor achieved excellent compression ratios for both color and black and white documents.